Documents & Reports

How valuable are environmental health interventions? : evidence from a quasi-experimental evaluation of community water projects (English)

Abstract

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled How valuable are environmental health interventions? : evidence from a quasi-experimental evaluation of community water projects, conducted between 2003 and 2009 in India....
See More +This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled How valuable are environmental health interventions? : evidence from a quasi-experimental evaluation of community water projects, conducted between 2003 and 2009 in India. The study observed the impact of community demand driven (CDD) water supply project on reported use of taps and toilets on the community and individual level. Overall, the program had a moderate but significant positive impact on the use of taps and toilets. In general, prevention behaviors such as hand washing and safe water handling do not change. Diarrhea incidence fell significantly, but no difference between treatment and control villages. The program significantly reduced the households' costs of coping with the dry season. Funding for the study derived from the World Bank South Asia Environment and Social (SASES) unit.
See Less -